Issuances from the Atlanta Arsenal

The following can be considered a complete summary of the horse equipment issued from the Atlanta Arsenal. These figures are taken from the Annual Reports as turned into Chief of Ordnance, Josiah Gorgas from Atlanta commander, Col. Moses H. Wright.

1862:
There have been made by contract, imports and received the following stores:
Artillery Harness (single sets, principally rope traces) 2,840
Avg. Cost per horse $50

*The plain cavalry saddle, stout and strong, as near the McClellan pattern as possible has been preferred at from $21 to $23 to a finer article requiring much more leather and much finer finish for $50 and so throughout.

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Ken R. Knopp

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